WAR PROSPECTS

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 2933, 20 November 1916, Page 6

WAR PROSPECTS

V f, i- ■>' WILL BE VICTORIOUS A NEUTRAL'S VIEWS ■ ' Uuatralian-iJcw Zealand Cable Association, i * New York, November 17. • • : Frederick Palmer, who has been fropresenting American newspapers at ■.the front, has arrived in New York. : yHe says: "The Battle of the Somme is the greatest of _tho_ war, surpassing (that ot- Yerdun in intensity and in. 'casualties,, . It will continue us long as ithp ytav,' perhaps two or three years, i. .'"Sisj thousand British, French, and tferman, gtins have been, in aotion on •tho samp day; therehave been as many <13 15,000 casualties in twenty-four hours; and a million and a half of men lavs heen hit since tho battle began. , "Nest, summer the British are prepared to lose a million men if necessary, .when they will have twice their pre- • sent gun 1 power.' l , : Discussing tho end of the war, Mr. , Talmer :Eaid: "I only know that next /year will blopdier than this. I have ttalkod with. General Haig, General 'Joffre, and General Kawlinson, besides 1 General'Nivolle ''and General Mangin, iwho planned the attacks which recovered IbrtD'ouaumojit and Fort Vaui. - ! Their idea is tho samo as I found everyjwhere—'Jo fight to the finish. lam certain the Allies"will;be victorious." DEPORTAITONS BELGIAN WORKERS TRAPPED Anstralian-New Zealand Oablo Association. (Reo. November 19, 5.5 p.m.) , Amsterdam, November 18. Illustrating the falseness of. Germany's'contentions, that she is deporting unemployed Belgians only, soldiers kuadenly surrounded Do Nager's paper mills at "Willebroick, and crowded the | entire staff of 250 into cattle trucks, and transport®! them to Germany.. ■Thero was a similar incident at the potteries -at Boom, but a number of workmen escaped to Holland. INSPIRED REPORT TRANQUIL AND ORDERLY 'Australian-New Zealand Oabln Association. (Rec. November 18, 8.50 p.m.) Amsterdam, November 17. i Inspired German newspapers state tHaif tho deportations are tranquil and orderly, and that the Belgians are ■ 'gratified with the good food and tho prospects of earning money. CIVILIANS RIOT Incident in north France i&riitralian-lTeiT Zealand Cable Association. 1 Amsterdam, November 19. : While the Germans were marching ' : v, three , humked oivilians to the station ',a Turcoing, soldier struck ono for not ■■ walking fast enough. A riot followed, and the Germans used! their rifles freely. Sixteen civilians were killed and' Wounded, and two Germans storied to Heath.' AMERICA'S PROTEST NO IMMEDIATE REPLY [illstratum-New Zealand Cable Association. (Reo. November 19, 6.5 p.m.) Washington. November 18. / Germany has acknowledged the .United. St&tes protest at the deportaJion. of Belgians, but has deferred a eply. ■.